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SEATTLE/OSLO, October 7, 2003 - - Birdstep Technology (OSE: BIRD) today announced it is providing free SDKs to promote development of Birdstep"s database solutions on the QNX® Neutrino® real-time operating system. Free downloads of Birdstep"s SDKs are available from Birdstep Technology"s website (http://www.birdstep.com/freesdk.html). Birdstep is simplifying the process for current and potential customers to acquire and use its SDKs. This eliminates the need to purchase SDKs, allowing QNX developers to immediately start working with Birdstep RDM databases.

"We want to give developers and potential customers working with the QNX Neutrino RTOS the chance to work with Birdstep databases for free. We want more people to experience first-hand that we have superior databases with ultra-high speed, zero-administration and a small footprint," said Tom Clark, Birdstep Technology President and COO.

Birdstep Technical Support EnhancementsThose using the free SDKs will also have the option of arranging technical support with Birdstep. The company is offering multiple levels of developer support, from "Getting Started" to "Premium Level", to address a wide range of support needs. Since most product life cycles last longer than one year, Birdstep is offering product support periods that last up to five years from major product release dates.

About Birdstep TechnologyBirdstep Technology is traded on the Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE) under ticker "BIRD". The company has headquarters in Oslo and Seattle in addition to offices in London, Boston and San Francisco. Birdstep"s small footprint, high performance database technologies combined with its wireless roaming and access software enables companies to build innovative solutions for embedded systems and the Mobile Internet. Birdstep makes your information accessible anytime, anywhere, on any device and on any infrastructure. Birdstep"s global customers include 3Com (COMS), VERITAS (VRTS), Harman Becker Automotive Systems, HP (HPQ), Accenture (ACN), Telenor (TELN), PCTel (PCTI), Connect One and the National Stock Exchange of India. For more information, visit http://www.birdstep.com/

Birdstep Safe HarborThis news release contains forward-looking statements, including statements that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, those associated with unpredictability and volatility of the price of Birdstep Technology"s Common Stock, the performance of and conditions in the Norwegian and world financial markets, the policies and actions of the Norwegian and other governments, and the general political, economic and business conditions in Norway and elsewhere. Actual results could differ materially, as a result of such factors, from those set forth in forward-looking statements.